Book one - The Aberration Series of short stories
Short Story, Crime thriller & Romantic suspense
Date Published: 1st July 2020
Publisher: Happy London Press
I am a Gigolo
He’s gorgeous, cool and slick. Small wonder those wealthy American dames are falling over themselves to taste his flirtatious skills, just where it counts. Seduction is the name of his game, and he knows how to keep
a secret. Trouble is, our Gigolo is also a mischief maker, a man with a mission - to make a killing. So he’s got a secret of his own. But, can he keep it that way?
Deliciously sensual, with a touch macabre, the opening tale, I am a gigolo contains ten startlingly original and provocative short stories, that you’ll need to be brave to read at bedtime.
Excerpt
I am a gigolo.
I like that sound. A GEEEEEEEE GOH LO!!! That's right. A
professional man.
My face is my fortune. My cock is my compass.
I make women happy. Not all women. Certain women. Rich women. Rich
widows. Rich, American widows. At least, mostly, rich American widows.
So how do I know? Easy. ‘Cos, see I’m from the old US of A. So
that’s how I know.
I've been in the game for maybe, ten years? It all started when I
found myself unemployed and starving, bumming around in Cannes. The place was
festooned with beautiful people. Girls you'd die for. Blondes, brunettes,
redheads: cool, elegant, sophisticated. Legs to the sky, skin like bronzed
peach on honeydew melons. Men, sleek, slick, suntanned; looking like a million
dollars, (probably worth a million dollars), driving around in flash, open-top
American sports cars.
That's what I wanted. But it was going to take folding stuff, long
green. That's right, money. Lots of it. But how do you make a million
overnight?
“Gambling,” I said. But no. Wouldn't work. I was dressed like a
tramp. Hell, I stank like a tramp. Still, I had to have some of it. I wanted it
so bad I could practically taste the want.
My folks wanted me to be a doctor, like Dad. Or an accountant like
Granddad. But all I wanted was fun.
My inspirations have come from real people, events or situations that have presented themselves. Titles like, I am a Contract Killer, I am a Gigolo, Death Zone, License to Kill, are all based on my own lifetime experiences, questions asked, incidents occurring.
Let me be reassuring, thus-far, nobody has been murdered on my watch. But the notion gave rise to the impetus to write my first murder mystery, The Lyme Regis Murders. Could I make the jump after years of writing macabre short stories to a full length drama? That familiar beating in the gut, said, ‘Yes, try it. Give it a go.’
And so to that cosy coastal town where nothing untoward ever happens. Or perhaps it does. The author seeks to shatter notions, change people’s perceptions, spoil long held views. That was my intention in entering into the world of crime thrillers. I’ve found that ‘nice’ people are not always what they seem. The helpless can be transformed into the most dangerous, the most dangerous become the most harmless. It’s all up to the writer and what they’re hoping to achieve.
For me there have been 10 children’s books, 4 books of short stories and so far, three novels, with a fourth in the mixer.
Whilst a short story might be written with a flurry of adrenalin in the space of a few hours, a book will need more than just a flash of creativity. It will need perseverance, discipline and dogged determination.
But then, isn’t that what is required of every ambition?
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This looks fun!
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